The Bible

 

Matthew 12:49

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49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

Commentary

 

Belly and thigh

  

In Numbers 5:29, the belly signifies conjugial and spiritual love; and the thigh signifies natural love.

In Daniel 2:32, the statue's belly and the thighs of brass signify the third state of the church, which was a state of natural good.

(References: Apocalypse Explained 618)